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First Time build try, 2.2B [&2.3S9] science App
Jason G:
Well I tested the 2.2B science App I built using a Bench1.cmd I modfied to just test my build and the default 515:
"Results Strongly Similar" :D Maybe tommorrow I'll fix up the Multiplier and test the other WUs ...
Northwood p4 2.0 @ 2.1 GHz:
2.2B built here (QxW, USE_SSE2): 11 mins 39 secs
Default 515 (from KWSN-test-Package2): 28 mins 20 secs
Impressive work Chickenses! :D
I have some minor questions from my experience in getting this to build this evening....
1) Old Boinc APi source: I Gather the ones I'm using are old (the ones from the 1.31 source package, Which I "Jiggered" the deprecated code in a couple of places to work on VS2005Pro), I tried getting newer ones from Boinc but their site was down :( Is it recommended to use the latest available for this? or doesn't it matter ?
2)Setting Project Options: I found I had to set /QxW in almost every one of the nine projects, and change USE_SSE3 to USE_SSE2 where applicable, Is there a Master Place to set this that I've Missed? If not then It must have been a pain for you guys to build all those different versions!
3)Include Directories: Some of these seemed to have "Program Files (x86)" is that a Vista thing? (Sorry I don't do Vista :D)
4)2.4 Sources: Is 2.4 or 2.4V sources available? I noticed running this no longer has the 'stutter' is there much change to achieve that?
Thanks for the Hard work you guys have put in, It's been fun having a go that's for sure!
Jason
Josef W. Segur:
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I have some minor questions from my experience in getting this to build this evening....
1) Old Boinc APi source: I Gather the ones I'm using are old (the ones from the 1.31 source package, Which I "Jiggered" the deprecated code in a couple of places to work on VS2005Pro), I tried getting newer ones from Boinc but their site was down :( Is it recommended to use the latest available for this? or doesn't it matter ?
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The 2.2B sources were branched off the official cvs sources more than a year ago. I tend to use BOINC source from about the same time frame for my test builds, I'm not sure what Simon used for the 2.2B builds but I think it was unchanged from earlier builds. Since you're using VS2005, perhaps the best thing would be to choose BOINC sources from the time they were trying that, I think they've dropped back to VC2003 for the most recent builds.
--- Quote ---2)Setting Project Options: I found I had to set /QxW in almost every one of the nine projects, and change USE_SSE3 to USE_SSE2 where applicable, Is there a Master Place to set this that I've Missed? If not then It must have been a pain for you guys to build all those different versions!
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For the 2.4 builds Simon worked up a combined arrangement where he could just select which target he was building for, it does look like for 2.2B he was going through and making a bunch of changes.
--- Quote ---3)Include Directories: Some of these seemed to have "Program Files (x86)" is that a Vista thing? (Sorry I don't do Vista :D)
4)2.4 Sources: Is 2.4 or 2.4V sources available? I noticed running this no longer has the 'stutter' is there much change to achieve that?
Thanks for the Hard work you guys have put in, It's been fun having a go that's for sure!
Jason
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Simon doesn't do Vista either, but does have 64 bit XP.
I don't have the exact 2.4 sources, but have uploaded the final development branch (2.3S9) code as seti_boinc_2k3_2.3-S9-Win32-Sources.zip. It is not actually PKzip, rather 7zip, but the servers at my ISP are dumb. I believe the code is identical to what Simon used for 2.4, the only changes were to compile options and the identification.
I also don't have Crunch3r's final 2.4V sources, IIRC there were a few revisions after the latest I have.
Joe
Jason G:
Thankyou Very Much Sir. That clarifies A LOT. I have come across some of the extra strict compile time type checking that seems to be introduced in VS2005 WRT to Boincapi etc...It won't bother me while playing with the source. I would suspect that there might also be added run time overhead involved there, so maybe 2003 produced slighlty faster executables as a result..... LOL. Thanks for the newer source, I'll give it a go against the boincapi I have tomorrow, then maybe start investigating some of the much more important math stuff.
Regards, Jason
Jason G:
Well that Source works!, (with similar 'jiggereing' necessary for VS2005)
Northwood p4 2.0 @ 2.1 GHz:, (Test WU 1 Only, made sure nothing else running this time :D)
jason-KWSN2-2B-xW, (SSE2) 11 mins 01 secs
jason-KWSN_2.3S9_MB_xW, (SSE2) 10 mins 59 secs
default-515 27 mins 10 secs
Jason
_heinz:
Hi Jason,
I´m impressed about your fast work, congratulation.
Which compiler did you use Intel or MSC ??
Heinz
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